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Anchialus AE26 Moushmov 2965 of Gordian III

Gordian & Tranquillina Æ 26mm of Anchialus, Thrace. AVT K M ANT GORDIANOC AVG CAB TPANKVLLINA, vis à vis busts of Gordian & Tranquillina / OVLPIANWN AGCIALEWN, Homonoia standing facing, head left, holding patera and cornucopiae within tetrastyle temple with pellet in pediment. AMNG 679

Lot No.2814. Fine/aVF.

$ 125.

Gordian III was the grandson of Gordian I and nephew of Gordian II, and was in Rome when Balbinus and Pupienus were murdered in 238 AD. After serving briefly as Caesar, then, he was raised to Augustus and served until 244 AD when he was murdered at the instigation of Philip the Arab.